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Submission for Canvey Island Development Site

NJL has submitted a planning application for 7,920sqm of A1 retail floorspace and a 167sqm Costa Drive Through at a site on Canvey Island on behalf of NewRiver Retail. The application was validated earlier this month (9th June). The site lies on the edge of Canvey Island adjacent to Roscommon Way and to the south of an existing Morrisons Unit. NewRiver purchased the site from Morrisons approximately 12 months ago as part of the ‘Ramsey Portfolio’ of 13 sites.

The ‘out of centre’ site already had outline consent for 4,877sqm of A1 non-food retail floorspace, therefore, NJL undertook 10 months of discussions with the Local Authority and relevant professionals before the application for the larger scheme was submitted. As well as the Costa Drive Through, the proposed development incorporates a 2,369sqm unit for occupation by B&M, a 1,394sqm unit to be occupied by Sports Direct, a 1,602sqm foodstore as well as two other 1,045sqm non-food units.

The site is a former commercial site with known contamination, that is within Flood Zone 3a and adjacent to an SSSI, therefore, there are significant environmental factors that needed to be addressed within the application package.

NJL’s role has been to establish the scope of the planning application and coordinate the consultant team to prepare their submission documents as well a writing a Planning and Retail Statement that included a full retail impact assessment and sequential test.

Now that the application has been submitted NJL will monitor the application and respond to any consultation responses as necessary to guide the application to a satisfactory outcome in early September. The application pack (Castle Point Council planning reference 16/0419/FUL) can be viewed here.

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